A painter known especially for animal and Italian peasant subjects, George Bernard Butler, Jr. was a member of the National Academy of Design*, becoming an Associate in 1871 and a full member in 1873. He studied in New York with Thomas Hicks, and in 1859 went to France where he was a student of Thomas Couture. However, the Civil War meant that he needed to return to America, and he joined New York's Seventh Infantry in 1861. Two years later as a participant in the Battle (showing 500 of 14982 characters).

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